by Robert Borosage | Sep 15, 2009 | Blog
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, ....The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand -- William Butler Yeats President Obama traveled to Wall Street on...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 10, 2009 | Blog
The President gives a great speech. He offers reason against hysteria. He summons us to our better angels. He challenges politicians and Americans to do "great things," because that is "who we are." He claims the center by defining himself against...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 9, 2009 | Blog
At a delightful dinner party the other night, our host, a cosmopolitan man with interests ranging from water in California to Sufism in India, punctuated a brief complaint about the economy by noting, "And of course, I'm a nut on trade" (meaning an ardent...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 8, 2009 | Blog
The departure of Van Jones from the White House is a sorry chapter in our politics. Van is a gifted leader of ideas and of action. He makes connections, thinks beyond the box, and inspires others to join. As California chose to spend billions on prisons locking up...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 2, 2009 | Blog
As Congress returns from its summer recess, President Obama, slipping in the polls, assailed on all sides by the carpers, faces a strategic choice: Lead the charge, rally Democrats, and push forward on his agenda, starting with health care reform or trim his sails and...
